170 Procurement Professionals jobs in Johannesburg

Our client has a track record of nearly 3 decades in the Medical industry! They are a leading South African based distributor of high-quality medical consumables and equipment, working with professionals in both private practice and state health facilities.

They are looking for their next superstar Procurement Manager/ Purchasing Lead!

Here is what you’ll do:

• Be responsible for the effective management and supervision of the Purchasing team including Buyers, Demand Planner, Master Data & Logistics.
• Drive team to manage supply chain and identify any corrective actions.
• Ensure Freight costs are managed to optimise costs for the supply chain.

Here’s what you will need:

• Grade 12 essential plus Bachelors Degree (or higher) in a procurement/ supply chain related field.
• Minimum 5 years experience as a Procurement Manager/ Purchasing Lead from the FMCG Supply Chain industry essential.
• Navision experience highly advantageous.
• International exposure working with Freight team.

If you want to PROCURE your next career move, apply now!

Alistair Group is one of East and Southern Africa’s fastest-growing service companies, providing a variety of self-delivered logistics solutions across several geographies, aimed with the vision to Make Africa Work Better! With core competencies in road freight, warehousing, commodity trading and operational hire of material handling equipment, the Group strives for continuous expansion of innovative ancillary services to grow the business vertically, complimented by a healthy dose of entrepreneurial flair. The business has gone from strength to strength, growing quickly in both its geographical coverage and variety of services offered to clients. In 2024, the Group exceeded the 1000 employee mark and managed a fleet of well over 1000 trucks. With Alistair’s aggressive and exciting growth strategy, the Group is poised for significant further expansion and a greater impact in Africa.

• Freight Forwarding
• Clearance & Forwarding
• Energy Industry Support Services
• Equipment Rental
• Commodity Trading
• Integrated Solutions
• Warehousing
• Ocean Freight

• Mining
• Oil & Gas
• Agriculture
• Construction
• Explosives
• Renewables

• Lead the development and execution of sourcing strategies for key categories of items and services, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, cost optimization, and supplier risk management.
• Continuously engage with key stakeholders in the organization, including management, operations and finance to ensure up to date and complete knowledge about requirements and specifications for category items and services in line with the company’s overall business strategy.
• Continuously stay updated with the market for category items and services and conduct comprehensive market research and analysis to benchmark incumbent suppliers, identify potential new suppliers, evaluate their capabilities, and ensure they meet quality, cost, and performance criteria.
• Build and maintain strong, yet independent, relationships with key suppliers, driving strategic partnerships and fostering collaboration to deliver value and innovation across the organization.
• Ensuring a productive labour climate in the Procurement function; in case of irregularities immediately report to management.
• Leverage procurement technology and digital tools to enhance procurement activities, automate routine processes, and provide data-driven insights into purchasing decisions.
• Manage the procurement budget, tracking spend against budgeted targets, identifying areas for cost reduction, and ensuring the achievement of savings goals.
• Continuously evaluate sourcing strategies and identify opportunities for cost savings while maintaining or improving quality and service delivery.
• Implement performance reviews with suppliers to assess service levels, quality, and cost against agreed terms, and ensure corrective action plans are developed when necessary.
• Motivate, organize and encourage teamwork within the workforce to ensure set productivity targets are met.
• Ensure the filing of all Procurement related documentation for auditing purposes.
• Ensure continuous monitoring of stock for re-ordering.
• Communicate all delays or variances to the appropriate parties.
• Investigate stock variances, delivery queries, identify and implement possible ways to prevent future variances/queries.
• Ensure accurate and on-time purchasing of all products and services as required by the organization.
• Expedite PO’s and communicate ETA’s and delays to all relevant parties.
• Update min and max levels for ordering to ensure continuous availability of parts.
• Source alternative solutions, obtain approval and purchase to ensure continuous supply to the organization.
• Enforce Purchasing policies and procedures to ensure good governance.
• Continually investigate opportunities for cost or efficiency savings.
• Provide a high level of customer service with industry standard turnaround times for all requests.
• Actively support the Company’s Health, Safety, Environment and Quality vision and values by observing safety practices at work while performing his/her duties.
• Observing and adhering to safety policies, reporting unsafe acts and hazards.

• Procurement or Supply Chain Qualification or studying towards one.
• 5 - 10 years overall experience.
• Computer Literate.
• Self-motivated, Attention to Detail & Deadline-Oriented.
• Service orientated – actively seek ways to help people.
• Critical thinking skills – identify alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Comfortable with Microsoft Excel and procurement software.
• Have the ambition to help drive the growth of a young company.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and administration skills.
• Ability to achieve excellent results working autonomously and/or in a team environment.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Financially literate and disciplined.
• Possess a “can-do” attitude always focussing on what “can” be done.
• Possess a desire to continually develop, improve and be ambitious.
• Be physically fit and able to use the correct lifting techniques.
• Able and willing to travel to operational sites and suppliers as needed.

Alistair Group is one of East and Southern Africa’s fastest-growing service companies, providing a variety of self-delivered logistics solutions across several geographies, aimed with the vision to Make Africa Work Better! With core competencies in road freight, warehousing, commodity trading and operational hire of material handling equipment, the Group strives for continuous expansion of innovative ancillary services to grow the business vertically, complimented by a healthy dose of entrepreneurial flair. The business has gone from strength to strength, growing quickly in both its geographical coverage and variety of services offered to clients. In 2024, the Group exceeded the 1000 employee mark and managed a fleet of well over 1000 trucks. With Alistair’s aggressive and exciting growth strategy, the Group is poised for significant further expansion and a greater impact in Africa.

Core Services:

• Freight Forwarding
• Clearance & Forwarding
• Energy Industry Support Services
• Equipment Rental
• Commodity Trading
• Integrated Solutions
• Warehousing
• Ocean Freight

• Mining
• Oil & Gas
• Agriculture
• Construction
• Explosives
• Renewables

• Thinks beyond cost: Understands value creation across the supply chain (e.g., supplier innovation, sustainability, time-to-market).
• Can align procurement goals with broader business strategy.
• Comfortable partnering with internal stakeholders like finance, operations, and product teams to influence upstream decisions.

• Proven ability to analyze procurement data (e.g., spend analytics, supplier performance, TCO).
• Experience working with or building dashboards or BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, even Excel + Power Query).
• Can translate data insights into actionable strategies (e.g., demand aggregation, renegotiation triggers, risk heatmaps).

• Familiarity with modern procurement tech stacks: ERP (SAP, Oracle), e-sourcing tools, contract lifecycle management, procurement automation platforms (e.g., Coupa, Jaggaer, Ariba, GEP).
• Has led or been part of digital transformation projects (e.g., digitizing vendor onboarding, automating approvals, e-invoicing).
• Understands process mapping and optimization (Lean/Six Sigma is a plus).

• Skilled in SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) and building partnerships, not just transactional relationships.
• Experience implementing supplier KPIs, scorecards, or risk mitigation strategies (especially relevant post-COVID/supply chain shocks).

• Has experience leading teams through change, whether it's systems, processes, or organizational shifts.
• Champions a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, not “we’ve always done it this way.”
• Strong communicator, able to bring stakeholders on the journey.

• Understands the role procurement plays in supply chain ethics, carbon tracking, local sourcing, circularity.
• Can build ESG compliance and reporting into supplier selection and performance.

• 8–12 years experience in procurement or supply chain, with at least 3–5 years in a leadership or transformation-focused role.
• Demonstrable success in leveraging procurement data to drive measurable results (e.g., cost savings, supplier consolidation, risk reduction).
• Experience in digitizing and automating procurement processes.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Industry experience in your space (if niche) or proven adaptability across sectors.

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Our client, a reputable organization, is urgently seeking a Procurement Officer to join their team based in Midrand. The successful candidate will work closely with stakeholders at member institutions to identify opportunities for new group purchasing contracts. This role involves conducting market research, developing procurement strategies, and overseeing the tender and contract award processes to ensure cost-effective, high-value group contracts.

You will also be responsible for managing supplier relationships, ensuring contract compliance, and promoting the organization's services. Additionally, you'll coordinate interdisciplinary procurement forums and contribute to strategic and operational planning with our leadership team.

1. Oversee procurement services for assigned contract portfolios, driving efficiency, reducing the total cost of ownership, and monitoring supplier performance.
2. Manage supplier contracts with a focus on cost optimization and service quality.
3. Maintain professional communication with clients and suppliers.
4. Respond promptly to inquiries from member institutions and suppliers, ensuring quality, timely deliveries, and adherence to procurement goals.
5. Ensure effective and timely resolution of order and delivery-related issues.
6. Facilitate efficient supply chain management processes.
7. Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities through bulk purchasing and shared services.
8. Supervise one support staff member and provide backup support across roles as needed.
9. Provide accurate and timely management reports to the CEO and member forums.
10. Ensure that all tender processes are legally sound and defensible.

1. Bachelor's Degree in Commerce, Business Management, or a related field.
2. At least 5 years of experience in a corporate procurement environment.
3. Familiarity with e-procurement systems.
4. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office 365.

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Job category: Banking, Finance, Insurance. Stockbroking

Contract: Fixed Term Contract

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

The JSE recognises that its success and strength depend on the quality of its employees. We are committed to fostering a culture of continuous learning and high standards of performance. Our employee wellness programme is designed to encourage work-life balance for employees. We seek to empower staff and encourage diversity and opportunities for all.

JSE is looking for a graduate to join the Procurement team. The successful candidate needs to be motivated and passionate about starting their career in Finance Services and should be willing to stretch their limits to deliver superior results and find solutions to challenges.

The successful applicant would be offered the following experience:

• Potential to gain practical work experience and skills
• Structured training programmes including:
  
  1. Behavioural training
  2. Practical on-the-job training
• Soft skills: Critical thinking, Problem-solving, Emotional intelligence, Negotiation, Stress management, and Leadership skills.
• BCom Degree or equivalent in Supply Chain Management / Procurement / Purchasing and Logistics
• 2 years experience in a corporate environment

• Effective time management
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Job category: Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Johannesburg

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: No

We are seeking a Buyer based at our Denver offices in Johannesburg. At Fluidra, we are not just about providing a fun and inclusive work environment. Our values guide our behaviour, and we are committed to responsibly providing the perfect pool experience. With a solid geographical footprint, over 45 countries, and a workforce of over 450 staff in South Africa, we are a global leader in our industry.

Perform a variety of administrative and analytical functions necessary to ensure the company obtains, receives, stores and issues specific materials from suppliers, and then makes these available to customers, in accordance with cost, quality, timelines and other company defined parameters. To initiate and maintain a reliable, optimally priced, supplier base for the company. To ensure that orders placed are correctly expedited and that they are both correctly ordered and delivered within, and on, the required dates as required.

1. Ensure stock working capital requirements are within specified guidelines as set by Financial Department and Procurement Manager.
2. Managing demand planning with regards to taking and transferring stock.
3. Performing the inventory analysis with input from various divisions to ensure that correct inventory is ordered.
4. Maintaining and enhancing relationships with current supplier base.
5. Sourcing various suppliers and negotiating the best contract.
6. Creating purchase orders on the accounting system and ensuring the appropriate management approval is received.
7. Ensuring the accuracy of orders and tracking orders from placement up to final arrival at the warehouses.
8. Ensuring that backorders are attended to by the warehouse and expedited efficiently.
9. Reporting on the outstanding purchase orders on a weekly basis.
10. Implementing processes/systems to assist in maintaining accurate records to reduce inefficiencies in department.
11. Ensuring that adequate stock levels are maintained to service customers.
12. Monitoring and reporting on supplier performance.
13. Performing any ad hoc duties deemed appropriate by the Financial Director and Procurement Manager.

1. Degree or Diploma in Supply Chain would be an advantage.
2. National Senior Certificate / Matric / Grade 12 Certificate (Completed).
3. 2-5 Years Procurement experience.
4. Experience in a Buying Capacity.
5. Materials Management / Material Requirement planning / Stock Management experience.
6. Computer Literacy (Excel, Word, Syspro).
7. Strong numerical ability, conversant in calculations utilized in the purchasing functions.
8. Good Communications & Negotiation skills.
9. Knowledge of Syspro advantageous (or similar ERP system).

Fluidra is a workplace where everyone can develop.

Should you not hear back from us within 2 weeks after the closing date, please note that your application was unsuccessful.

Are you a dynamic and strategic thinker with a passion for supply chain excellence? Our Client requires a Procurement Manager who will play a key role in driving operational success and cost efficiency!

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborating across departments to identify procurement needs and ensure timely delivery of stock.
• Managing the full procure-to-pay cycle efficiently.
• Overseeing stock and asset utilization to improve profitability.
• Leading negotiations with suppliers and distributors.
• Developing and implementing cost-saving initiatives and process improvements.
• Preparing insightful procurement reports and stock balance sheets.
• Providing guidance, support, and leadership to the procurement team – fostering motivation and collaboration.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business Administration, Purchasing Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Procurement Management in the gas industry.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Proven ability to solve problems, adapt quickly, and make strategic decisions.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Strong planning, organising, and prioritising capabilities.
• Exceptional time management.
• Demonstrated leadership and/or team management experience.
• Proficient in Excel – knowledge of OMNI Software is beneficial.

Key Requirements

• Proven management experience in procurement, supply chain, or operations (3+ years preferred) with experience in welding or gas consumable industry
• Strong understanding of international trade, logistics, and supplier management.
• Proficiency in ERP systems and master data management.
• Excellent analytical, negotiation, and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication skills and stakeholder management.

Duties will include

Direct message the job poster from Sanitech a division of WACO Africa

Do you have a keen eye for detail and a passion for efficient procurement processes? We’re looking for a Procurement Clerk to join our team and ensure smooth order management, stock control, and supplier coordination.

What You Need:

• Matric/Grade 12
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in order entry.
• Proficiency in Excel and strong administrative skills.
• Experience with stock control, purchase orders, and supplier management.
• Detail-oriented with excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

What You’ll Do:

• Process and manage purchase orders, ensuring timely stock availability.
• Monitor and follow up on back orders, maintaining optimal stock levels.
• Liaise with suppliers, negotiate pricing, and track vendor performance.
• Maintain accurate records of product codes, pricing, and order details.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies and approval processes.
• Support stock takes, reporting, and general administrative duties.

Why Join Us?

Work with a dynamic procurement team.

Ready to take your procurement career to the next level? Apply today!

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